Dynamo-electric machine winding



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Patented duly 2H DELMAR Du GENE OF SGHENECTADZ, ill K, ASSIEGNOEL T0 GENERAL on n'nw application filed slay 9,

My invention relates to the windings of dynamo-electric machines and more particu larly to armature windings for alternating current dynamo-electric machines of the synchronousstype.

It is an object of my invention to provide a dynamo-electric machine with a winding comprising a plurality of independent parts or circuits, each of which may be wound for different voltages or a difierent number of phases, and so arranged that any part or circuit may be satisfactorily operated alone, or if desired all parts or circuits may be operated simultaneously as independent circuits or connected in parallel when said parts are exactly similar for operation as a single multiple circuit winding.

Another object of my invention is to provide a winding for an alternating current generator of the synchronous type which consists of two parts or circuits each of which when connected to difierent external circuits can supply equal or unequal loads to said external circuits without causing mechanical or magnetic unbalance in the dynamo-elec= tric machine and in which the circuits or parts are magnetically coupled in a manner to introduce reactance between the separate circuits and permit power flow therebetween within sate operating limits,

ln one of its immediate commercial applications my invention is particularly suitable for use in connection with generators for interconnecting bus sections of busbar systems in central generating stations or substations as described and claimed in an appli cation of Theophilus F. Barton, Serial No, 276,469, tiled May 9, 1928, and assigned the assignee of the present application, and although the following description is directed in certain instances to this particular application of my invention it will be apparent that my invention is of general application to generators and motors for other systems of distribution A simple embodiment 0t my invention for a double winding generator having the stand ard stator core structure comprises two sc arate circuits arranged in alternate slots with both circuits distributed around the complete 1 Ho, 5376,46l'r. Renewed t, 1983.

periphery of the stator core. However, since the voltages in the two circuits under one pole are out of phase by an angle corresponding to one slot pitch due to the alternate location of the coil sides of each circuit, it is necessary @ne method the additional number and special arrangement of the end connections and leads.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying draw lugs and its scope will be pointed out in the appended claims.

ln the drawings, l is a diagrammatic representation of a winding comprising two independent three-phase circuits embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic de velopment on a plane surface ofa portion of the winding arrangement for a single of the two circuits shown in Fig, l, and rig. 3 is a vectorial representation of coil-sid volta es to show the phase relation and bah ance between voltages in the two circuits.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, l have here represented a two-layer lap wind ing for a two pole, two circuit,-three phase alternator. There are in this particular in= stance 241 slots with fractional pitch coils of pitch but will be understood that my invention is not limited to any particular number of slots or particular coil pitch and he used with full slot or fractional slot winding. The two circuits are identified re= spectively by the letters A and B, the differ ent phases by Roman numerals l, H and Ill, and the different phase windings of each circuit are identified by the circuit-letter desig nation and a numeral indicating the begin ning and end of each winding. Thus the Elli) all lli

free terminals of the phase windings or circuits A and are designated at Al, A2 and A3, and B1, B2 and B3, respectively, and the common terminals or neutral ends are designated as Al, l5 and A6, and B B5 and B6, respectively. Phase 1, circuit A is thus identified as Alrl l, phase ll as A2A 5, and phase llll'l as A3A6. Similarly phase I, circuit B, is identified as Bit-B l, phase H as ESQ-d3?) and phase as B3B6. The common terminals Al, A5 and A6, and El, E5 and B6 may be connected in a manner to connect the respective circuits in star ordelta as desired. To facilitate reading the draw ings the several phase windings are indicated lines of dillerent characters. 'lhus phase circuit A is shown in light dash lines, phase ll in light full lines. and phase llll in light broken lines. Similarly, phase 1, circuit B is shown in heavy dash lines, phase ll in heavy full lines and phase ill in heavy broken lines. The slots are designated by numerals l to 24- inclusive and since I have represented. a two-layer winding the coil side in the bottom of each slot is shown dotted.

llt is, of course, understood that any suit able form 01"" cooperating secondary or field winding such as a salient pole direct current rotor, a squirrel cage rotor or a wound rotor may be utilized to render the dynamo-electric machine complete, but since such windings and structures are well known it is not considered essential to describe them in any further detail. ln 2 ol the drawings 1 have shown phase ll of circuits A and B of Fig. l in a diagrammatic development on a plane sur- "lace to facilitate an understanding of the arrangement of the coils. In the drawings 25' represents the core of the armature wmdlng' which in practice would ordinarily be the stator and which would be constructed like. the stator of a standard alternating current dynamo-electric machine which as well lillOWl'l in the art consists of a laminated core slotted to receive the winding. In accordance with my invention the coil sides of the respective phase belts of each circuit are placed in alternate slots around the machine. 'llhus ii we consider phase ll oi circuit and assume current to flow any instant from the common terminal A5 toward the free terminal A2 the relative direction of currents in the coil sides will he indicated by the arrows and the circuit from A5 to A2 in consecutive order of coil s'ide's designated by slot numbers will be i l, 22, i6, 24*, ll, 3, 9 and'l. If we now consider phase ll of circuit ll and malre the same assumptions as to current direction the circuit from B5 to B2 in consecutive order oil sides designated by slot numbers will be 28, 15, 21, 13, 2, 10,

i and 12. By inspection of the drawin s a I! 121m J r t readin irom lelt t0 right it will be ooserved that coil sides'o'f circuit A occupy slots 1, 8,

9, 11, i l, 16, 22 and 24 while coil sides of circuit B occupy slots 2, 4, 10, 12, 13, i5, 21 and 23. Thus it will be observed that ii the phase belt, or group of conductors belonging to one phase and corresponding to one pole in the center of the diagram is considered, the coil side of circuit A will be seen to be leading in slot 9, while in the next succeeding phase belt of circuits A and B proceeding from left to right it will be seen that the coil side ol circuit B is leading in slot 21,

it is to be understood, however, that my invention is not limited to the arrangement or the coil sides of corresponding phases oi dil l erent circuits in alternate slots and although this arrangement is preferred for use in gen erators for interconnecting bus sections on account or" the particular value of reactance obtained between circuits, other arrangements of interspersing the coil sides of diflerent circuits, as for example, two coil sides of a given circuit placed in adjacent slots suc ceeded by two coil sides of another circuit of the corresponding phase in the next two adiacent slots may beused, if preferred, without departing from my invention in its broader aspects. It will also occur to those skilled in the art that it would not be necessary to alternate the lead oi the circuits in adjacent phase belts since in a machine with more than two poles one circuit may he per-- mitted to lead under two poles and then lag under the next two succeeding poles. The purpose of changing the lead or the diilerent circuits in dillcrent phase belts is to obtain a predetermined relation between the magnitude and phase of the voltages o1 circuits of corresponding phases, which in the particular embodiment shown is an equal and inphase relation of the voltages of the two circuits of a given phase.

lnl ig. 3 the vectorial relation of the coil side voltages of each phase of both circuits is shown to illustrate graphically that voltage balance is obtained and the voltages of each phase winding of the respective circuits li ve the same phase relation. lin order simpli'ty the drawings only phase ll of circuits A and B are compared. Each coil side voltage vector is represented by numerals corresponding to the slot occupied by the coil side, Thus the coil-side voltage vectors from the common terminal A5 to the "free terminal A2 oi phase ll, circuit A, is 14;, 22, 16, 24;, ll, 3, 9 and 1. It will he understood that the vector designated by i l, for example, represents the electromotive iorce. induced in the 60111- ductors comprising one side of a coil, and that the succeeding numerals indicate the electromotive force induced in the conductors comprising the other coil sides of the particular circuit and phase, so that the vector sum of all the vectors represents the magni tude and phase position. of the voltage of phase ll, circuit A. Similarly, the coil-side Cir voltage vectors from the common terminal B5 to B2 of phase II, circuit B, is 23, 15, 21, 13, 2, 10, 4 and 12 and the vector sum of these vectors gives the magnitude and phase position of the voltage of phase ll, circuit B. It will be observed that the voltages are or equal magnitude and in phase. A similar comparison of the other phases of the two circuits will reveal the same results, but it is believed unnecessary to show this in the diagram.

A dynamo-electric machine equipped with a winding in accordance with my invention in addition to generating power in each winding and transferring power through the unit as a transformer when interconnecting bus sections may also beoperated to 'vary the power factor by a variation in field excitation so as to permit operation within a limited variation of voltage ondiflerent bus sections depending upon the active and reactive kilo-. volt-amperes carried by the unit. Furthermore, a winding of this type may be utilized for synchronous motor construction to enable starting without the use of the usual autotransf-ormer starter as described and claimed in an application for United States Letters Patent of Philip L. Alger, Serial No. 431,322, filed February 25, 1930, and assigned to the assignee of the present application. The motor can be started with only one winding in use or with both windings in series. In the first case the primary slot react-ance will be substantially double the value for the two circuits in parallel and in the second case the reactance will be substantially four times the reactance of the two circuits in parallel. Thus this arrangementwill give reduced starting current with results comparable to the use of a series external reactance.

While I have shown and described a particular embodiment of my invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that changes and modifications may be made within the scope of my invention and I, therefore, aim in the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the spirit and scope of my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. In a dynamo-electric machine having a slotted magnetic member, a winding for said magnetic member having a plurality of independent similar phase circuits under every pole with coil sides of different circuits of similar phase interspersed in different slots in the same order of arrangement under each pole successively about the periphery of said magnetic membe 2. In a dynamo-electric machine having a slotted magnetic member, a winding for said magnetic member having a plurality of independent similar phase circuits under every pole with coil sides of dilferent circuits of similar phase arranged successively in the cry of said slotted magnetic member, a winding for said magnetic member having a plurality of independent similar phase circuits under every pale with all coils or equal pitch and coil sides of dillerent circuits of similar phase arranged in alternate slots about tl e periphery oi" said magnetic member.

l. a synchronous alternating-current dynamo-electric machine comprising a slotted stator core member, a polyphase winding for said stator core ha ing two separately in-- sulated circuits for each phase with all coils of equal pitch and coil sides of the respective windings of similar phases arranged in alternate slots about the periphery of said stator core.

5. .In a dynamo-electric machine having a slotted magnetic membena winding for said magnetic member having a plurality of independent similar phase circuits tor each pole with all coils of equal pitch and coil sides of different circuits of similar phase interspersed in different slots under each pole successively in the same order about the periphmagnetic member and having predetermined coil sides or given circuits of similar phase interchanged inthe order of succession in a predetermined direction of progression around said magnetic member at predetermined points for obtaining a predetermined relation between the magnitude and phase of the voltages for each group of similar phase circuits.

6. In an alternating-current dynamoelectric machine having a slotted magnetic member, a polyphase winding for said magnetic member having two independent circuits for each phase per pole with all coils of equal pitch and coil sides of the respective windings of similar phases arranged in alternate slots about'the periphery of said stator core and having the order of lead of different circuits of the same phase interchanged at intervals at the beginning of phase belts proceeding in a predetermined direction of progression around said magnetic member in a manner to obtain equal and in-phase voltages for similar phase windings of said circuits.

7. In a synchronous alternating-current dynamo-electric machine having a slotted stator core member, a winding for said stator core comprising two complete and independent polyphase circuits with all coils of equal pitch and coil sides of the respective circuits of each phase beltof similar phase circuits arranged in alternate slots about the periphcry of said stator core and having the order of lead of difierent circuits interchanged at the beginning of adjacent phase belts in a manner to obtain equal and in-phase voltages for similar phase of said circuits.

8. In combination, an alternating current dynamo-electric machine having a slotted magnetic member, a polyphase Winding for said magnetic member having a plurality or: circuits v:for each phase With coil sides of a phase belt of one circuit of a given phase alternating With coil sides of a phase belt of another circuit of similar phase and arranged in the same order about the periphery of said magnetic member under every pole of said. dynamoelectric machine.

9. In combination, a dynamo-electric machine having a slotted magnetic member, a polyphase Winding for said magnetic memher having a plurality of circuits for each phase With successive coil sides of each phase belt spaced by a slot, the intervening slots being occupied by other phase belts.

10. lln combination, an alternating current dynamo-electric machine having a slotted magnetic member, a polyphase Winding for said magnetic member having a plurality of separately insulated circuits for each phase With successive coil sides of each phase belt spaced by a slot and With the intervening slots occupied by the phase belt of a circuit of similar phase.

in Witness whereof, l have hereunto set my hand this 25th day 0 April, 1928.

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